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Hospital Inpatient Waiting List Statistics, England,
NHS Trust Based.

  1. Inpatient waiting list statistics, NHS Trust based. This publication includes details of ordinary and day case waiting lists for NHS Trusts in England for each quarter of the financial year. Totals for England are also included.

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  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the KH07 quarterly return submitted from NHS Trusts.

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  3. Data definition. This section contains information on patients waiting to be admitted to NHS hospitals in England either as a day case or ordinary admission. It does not include:
    • patients admitted as emergency cases;
    • outpatients;
    • patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy;
    • expectant mothers booked for confinement;
    • patients already in hospital;
    • patients who are temporarily suspended from waiting lists for social reasons or because they are known to be not medically ready for treatment.

  4. Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Patients Who Have Deferred Admission, England,
NHS Trust Based.

  1. Elective admission events, NHS Trust based. This publication includes details of patients who have deferred an ordinary or day case elective admission at NHS Trusts in England for each quarter of the financial year. Totals for England are also included.

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  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the KH07A quarterly return submitted from NHS Trusts.

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  3. Data definition. This section contains information on elective admission events at NHS Hospitals in England either as an ordinary admission or daycase admissions.
    Elective admission events are:
    • decisions to admit (ie patients added to the list);
    • patients admitted;
    • patients failed to attend;
    • removals from the list other than admission.
    Exclude patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy.

  4. .Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Elective Admission Events, England,
NHS Trust Based.

  1. Patients who have deferred admission, NHS Trust based. This publication includes details of ordinary and day case elective admission events for NHS Trusts in England for each quarter of the financial year. Totals for England are also included.

    2.  
  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the KH07A quarterly return submitted from NHS Trusts.

    3.  
  3. Data definition. This section contains information on patients who have self-deferred elective admission or are suspended from the waiting list (e,g. for medical or social reasons) at NHS Hospitals in England either as an ordinary admission or day case admissions. Exclude patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy.

  4. .Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Hospital Inpatient Waiting List Statistics, England,
Population Based.

  1. Inpatient, population based. This publication includes details of ordinary and day case waiting lists for patients who are the responsibility of English Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). The figures are updated for each quarter of the financial year. In the past this information was collected at Health Authority level. Totals for England are also included.

    2.  
  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the QF01 quarterly return submitted by Primary Care Trusts, who are now the commissioners of healthcare for their responsible population.

    3.  
  3. Data definition. This section contains information on NHS patients resident in England who are waiting to be admitted for treatment as a day case or ordinary admission.
     
    It does not include:
    • patients admitted as emergency cases;
    • outpatients;
    • patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy;
    • expectant mothers booked for confinement;
    • patients already in hospital;
    • patients who are temporarily suspended from waiting lists for social reasons or because they are known to be not medically ready for treatment.

    4.  
  4. Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Elective Admission Events, England,
Population Based.

  1. Elective admission events, Population based. This publication includes details of ordinary and day case elective admission events for patients who are the responsibility of English Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). The figures are updated for each quarter of the financial year. In the past this information was collected at Health Authority level. Totals for England are also included.

    2.  
  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the KH06R quarterly return submitted by Primary Care Trusts, who are now the commissioners of healthcare for their responsible population

    3.  
  3. Data definition. This section contains information on elective admission events for NHS patients who are resident in England either as an ordinary admission or day case admissions. Elective admission events are:
    • decisions to admit (ie patients added to the list);
    • patients admitted;
    • patients failed to attend;
    • removals from the list other than admission.
    Exclude patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy.

    4.  
  4. Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Patients Who Have Deferred Admission, England,
Population Based.

  1. Patients who have deferred admission, population based. This publication includes details of patients who have deferred an ordinary or day case elective admission and are the responsibility of English Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). The figures are updated for each quarter of the financial year. Totals for England are also included.

    2.  
  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the KH07AR quarterly return submitted By Primary Care Trusts, who are now the commissioners of healthcare for their responsible population.

    3.  
  3. Data definition. This section contains information on patients who have self-deferred elective admission or are suspended from the waiting list (e,g. for medical or social reasons) and are NHS patients resident in England either as an ordinary admission or day case admissions. Exclude patients undergoing a planned programme of treatment e.g. a series of admissions for chemotherapy.

    4.  
  4. Emergency admissions. When interpreting the figures it should be noted that about half of all patients (not including live babies) treated in hospitals are emergency cases and do not come from the waiting lists.
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Waiting Times for First Outpatient Appointment, England,
NHS Trust Based.

  1. First outpatient appointment, NHS Trust based. This publication covers waiting lists and waiting times for first outpatient appointments at NHS Trusts in England. The figures are updated for each quarter of the financial year. Summary totals for England by specialty are also included.

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  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the QM08 quarterly return submitted from NHS Trusts.

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  3. Data definition. This section information relates to referrals to NHS hospitals in England. These include private patients and patients referred from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and overseas as well as NHS patients from England who were referred by a GP whether medical or dental.

    They exclude:
    • patients referred by consultants and other health professionals;
    • self referrals and attendances at 'drop in' clinics;
    • referrals resulting in ward attendances for nursing care;
    • referrals initiated by the consultant in charge of the clinic.
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Waiting Times for First Outpatient Appointment, England,
Population Based.

  1. First outpatient appointment, population based. This publication covers waiting lists and waiting times for first outpatient appointments. It records patients who are the responsibility of English Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). The figures are updated for each quarter of the financial year. In the past this information was collected at Health Authority level. Summary totals for England by specialty are also included.
     
  2. Data sources. The tables in this section incorporate data obtained from the QM08R quarterly return submitted by Primary Care Trusts for their responsible population.
     
  3. Data definition. This section information relates to referrals of NHS patients in England.
     
    Waiting times include patients who:
    • were referred by a GP whether medical or dental.

    They exclude:
    • patients referred by consultants and other health professionals;
    • self referrals and attendances at 'drop in' clinics;
    • referrals resulting in ward attendances for nursing care;
    • referrals initiated by the consultant in charge of the clinic.
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